Brian A. Hill

Brian Hill focuses on complex commercial cases and has extensive experience litigating cases involving fiduciary and other professional liability, class actions, government contract disputes and false claims and intellectual property rights. He has significant experience in local and federal courts in the District of Columbia and the surrounding area, including the "Rocket Docket" of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification v. Moon (D.C. Super. Ct) (pending). Representation of Unification Church entities in an action against the current directors of a non-profit corporation. Claims include breach of fiduciary duty against corporate directors, trustee and agent.

Davis, et al. v. PBGC (D.D.C.). Representation of more than 1,700 retired pilots of US Airways, Inc. in federal district court against the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC). This ERISA-based action, emanating out of US Airways' bankruptcy and its related decision to effect a distress termination of its pension plan, asserted several claims for equitable and declaratory relief, including that PBGC failed to properly investigate breaches of fiduciary duty by prior plan managers.

Kopy Kween, Inc. v. March (D.C. Super. Ct). Representation of individual in action brought by former employer for breach of a confidentiality and non-competition agreement. Case was settled and dismissed. Successfully opposed plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction prior to dismissal.

Government Experience

Corporate Experience

Rankings and Recognition

National Law Journal Top 100 Verdicts of 2002 (No. 74)

Legal 500: Labor & Employment: ERISA Litigation, 2013 - 2015

Professional and Community Involvement

Member, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association

Member, Section of Public Contract Law, American Bar Association

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia

Missouri

Court Admissions

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

United States District Court for the District of Maryland

United States Court of Federal Claims

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Clerkships

Clerk, The Honorable John M. Steadman, District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Foreign Languages

Education

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1996